Kochia, Di Fu Zi 地肤子
Broom Cypress
Di Fu Zi (TCM)
Kochia scoparia
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 145 (1919)
Kochia scoparia
(Photo by Matt Lavin) (Wikimedia)
Botanical name:
Kochia scoparia (syn. Bassia scoparia)
Parts used:
Fruit
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet
Classification:
Uses:
1. Clears Damp-Heat, Promotes Urine:
-urinary obstruction, difficult or painful urination
-painful, dribbling urine with scanty, burning urine
2. Clears Wind-Damp, Stops Itching:
-Damp (weeping) skin conditions with Itching
-Eczema, Pruritus, Scabies
-Damp-Heat rashes of the Genitals
-used internally and topically for these conditions
-also for red, itchy eyes, headache, and dizziness from Wind-Heat
Dose:
Decoction: 9–15 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams
Main Combinations:
1. Urinary Obstruction:
i. Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
ii. Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
2. Itchy skin conditions:
i. Wind rash or Wind-Damp sores, Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
ii. with Damp-Heat, Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
iii. Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
iv. Sores, Rash, with itching, Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
v. external wash, Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
vi. external wash, Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
vii. Stubborn Itching skin diseases including Eczema, Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
3. Eczema, Psoriasis:
i. Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
ii. Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
iii. from Damp-Heat or Wind-Heat, Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
iv. Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
4. Itchiness and rash of the Genitals:
i. Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
ii. Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
5. Scabies, Kochia Di Fu Zi with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Cautions:
Generally safe. Rarely there have been allergic reactions reported.
